Life
A quiet record of how this site — and I — grow.
- Added 37 stories to Arena, from XII to XLVIII.Arena →
Writing kept moving. A talk from last year found its place here, while responsibility led to questions about healthy boundaries and subjectivity.
- Tedbir became the first poem published on the site.Tedbir →
- Completed the Denemeler series on the site with Sorumluluk, Sağlıklı Sınırlar, and Öznellik.
- Arena began with two short stories written years apart. Nine more followed, from III to XI.Arena →
- Published the talk I gave at the end of 2025 about Irvin Yalom's existential approach and leading oneself.Liderlik, Yalom ve Kendine Liderlik Etmek →
Writing changed shape this month. One piece became a public tool. A few essays found their place on the site, and the conversation continued.
- Built and launched Dizgi, a browser-based tool for laying out long-form writing as images and PDFs without changing the text. The first usable version went live in one day.Dizgi →
- Opened the Writing section for notes, essays, and small conversations.Writing →
- Added the Turkish Denemeler series, followed by Dostluk 2.Dostluk 2 →
A lot had been building quietly. Projects existed but the site had not caught up yet. This update was mostly about closing that gap.
- Added BugJar, Haklısın!, Kombin.dev, Project Canon, and two ESLint plugins to Selected Work, each with a page explaining the project in plain language.Selected Work →
- The creative characters (Toffee, Rozi, Fluffy) moved into the background. The approach stayed; the names didn't need to.
- "How I Grow" got a second paragraph. It needed more room.
- Started this page to remember what was here and what changed.